Localized individual blade root pitch control for helicopter blade-vortex interaction noise reduction

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0320071-03200712

  Malovrh, Brendon ^a   Gandhi, Farhan ^a,b  

^a US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ADVANCING SIDE; BLADE ROOTS; BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION NOISE; BVI NOISE; HELICOPTER BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION NOISE; INTERACTION GEOMETRIES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PITCH CONTROL; RETREATING SIDE; VORTEX STRENGTH;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77956149210     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.55.032007     Document Type: Article

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